Esther Phillips - No Headstone on My Grave
Don't put no headstone on my grave
All my life I've been a slave
I don't want the world to know
Here lies the fool that loved you so
Don't send no flowers when I'm gone
I just want you to put me down, and then move on
Just put me down and let me be
Free, from all this misery
Now tell my Mother, tell my Mother not to cry
I'll see her in the by and by
Tell her that I'm finally free
From all the trouble you caused me
Please don't, please don't put no headstone on my gravе
Like I said all my life I've been a slavе
Just put me down and let me be
Free, from all this misery
Oh, tell my Mother not to cry
Tell her I'll see her in the by and by
Tell her that I'm finally free
From all the pain you caused me
But don't, don't put a headstone on my grave
All my life I've been a slave
I want you to put me down and cover me up, and let me be
Free from all this misery
Lord, just let me be right now pretty baby
And just let me go
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Biography
At age fourteen, she won an amateur talent contest in 1949 at the Barrelhouse Club owned by Johnny Otis. Otis was so impressed he added her to his traveling revue, the California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, billed as ‘Little Esther Phillips’.
Her first hit record was “Double Crossing Blues” (#1 R&B), recorded in 1950 for Savoy Records. She had another two #1 plus four top 10 hits in 1950. Few artists, R&B or otherwise, have ever enjoyed such success in their debut year.
By the mid-50ies she was ill due to drug abuse. In 1962 Phillips got well enough to launch a comeback. She recorded a country tune, “Release Me,” with producer Bob Gans. This went to number 1 on R&B listings. Her cover of The Beatles' song “And I Love Him” nearly made the R&B Top Ten in 1965 and The Beatles flew her to the UK for her first overseas performances.
During the 1970’s she scored an international hit with “What A Difference A Day Made”. Phillips died in 1984, at the age of 48 from liver and kidney failure.